Turnover Cost: Nursing Assistants, Illinois (2025)

Verified cost of employee turnover for the selected Nursing Assistants population in Illinois, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-may).

Estimated cost of turnover

Nursing Assistants · Illinois, United States

$22,600 – $90,500estimated range, 2025-may

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Estimated from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics annual mean wage of $45,230 for Nursing Assistants in Illinois, United States (2025-may), multiplied by the 0.5×–2× cost of replacing an employee reported by SHRM and Gallup. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the wage, not the cost — the range is a planning estimate, and a real figure depends on time-to-fill, ramp-up, and lost productivity.

How Nursing Assistants compares in Illinois, United States

Annual mean wage — the input to the estimate above, compared directly rather than as a derived range. See all 33 industries.

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  • Waiters and Waitresses

What this means

$45,230 is the annual mean wage for nursing assistants in Illinois. Estimated replacement cost falls between $22,600 and $90,500 when applying the Work Institute's 33% to 200% turnover multiple. Actual costs shift with local hiring speed, training duration, and coverage continuity.

Estimated cost of turnover: Nursing Assistants vs regional average

Estimated cost of turnover in Illinois, United States, 2025-may. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
MeasureNursing AssistantsRegional average
Estimated cost of turnover$45,230$86,267

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